Debris found in search for plane which disappeared over Bermuda Triangle with four on board

Authorities were searching for survivors today
after locating a debris field 15 miles east of Eleuthera, Bahamas,
during a search for an airplane that was reported missing yesterday with four people from the US on board, including a prominent New York businesswoman and her two children.

The
US Coast Guard said the twin-engine MU-2B was east of the island of
Eleuthera yesterday when air traffic control in Miami lost radar and
radio contact with the plane. It was en route from Puerto Rico and never
made it to its destination of Titusville, on the northeastern coast of
Florida.

The more than half a million square miles of ocean located between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico is known as the " Bermuda Triangle", notorious for (legend has it) the unusually high number of planes and ships that go missing there without trace.

Debris
that appeared to be from a plane and an oil slick was spotted in the
search area east of Eleuthera but authorities were still trying to
determine whether it came from the missing plane, said Lt Cmdr Ryan
Kelly, a Coast Guard spokesman.

"We are still searching and that search is going to go on through the night and into tomorrow," Mr Kelly said.

The
people on board the plane were identified as pilot Nathan Ulrich, 52,
of Lee, New Hampshire, and Jennifer Blumin of New York, 40, along with
her two sons, aged three and four.

Ms Blumin is founder and CEO of Skylight Group, which provides event space around New York City, specialising in the fashion industry. The company released a statement confirming that she and members of her family were on the plane.

"Her family is working with investigators and we politely ask that you respect their privacy at this time," the company said.

Their
plane was at about 24,000 feet when air traffic control lost contact.
"There's no indication of significant adverse weather at the time," Mr Kelly said.

Mr Ulrich was listed as the pilot but it was not known who was flying the plane at the time, the spokesman said. Ms Blumin owned the plane through a consulting company, according to New York State and aviation records.

Coast
Guard aircraft were searching along with Customs and Border Patrol and
the Royal Bahamas Defense Force about 64 kilometres east of Eleuthera.

A Coast Guard cutter was dispatched to the area and was expected to arrive later on Tuesday to assist with the search.

Debris found in search for plane which disappeared over Bermuda Triangle with four on board
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